Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, Starting a thread on Street Photgraphy seems like a good idea. We have been on these useless digital threads for far too long. I really don't care about capture method, what matters is the image that comes out. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/21/05, David Mason <masonster@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't get me wrong, if it starts a thread on "street photography" > thats fine with me and I will probably jump in, but all in all its a > crappy shot and a cheap joke :) > > > Dave > > On 6/21/05, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah, some of that Roman humor... Actually, it did as much for me as > > most of the subway shots posted recently. I have been rethinking a > > lot of comments regarding street photography that the Deadman posted a > > few years ago. Occasionally just showing the human condition is > > enough to make an image work, most of the time all you have is a banal > > shot of people with no revelations about humans, the human condition, > > stupid human tricks, inhumanity, or simple humor. > > > > Most of the time, the most mundane of snapshots taken of a normal > > group of humans has more meaning than the typical streeet photo. Just > > check out the piles of images that SonC deals with in Louisiana. In a > > hundred years just seeing what people wear, eat, relate, pecking order > > relationships is pretty interesting. > > > > Anyway, the humor is now appreciated. > > > > Don > > don.dory@gmail.com > > > > On 6/21/05, David Mason <masonster@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 6/21/05, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The image itself; what makes this image say anything to you? It is > > > > an > > > > image of a bloke on mass transit, what else is going on that would > > > > help me understand a small part of the world better. Is it someone > > > > near to you so that there is personal meaning to this image? Was > > > > something going on just before you took the image that made it > > > > interesting to you? > > > > > > > > Thanks for sharing, keep pressing the shutter release, and enjoy the > > > > world around you. > > > > > > > > > Absolutely agree with everything, but also keep in mind that the shot > > > is a tongue-in-cheek shot that was an attempt to recreate all the > > > subway shots B.D. has posted :) > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >